Phytochemical Screening, Antifungal, and Anticancer Activities of Medicinal Plants Thymelaea Hirsuta, Urginea Maritima, and Plantago Albicans

Table 5

Specificity and efficiency of various culture media for isolation of dermatophytes.

Clinical fungal isolates	Growth			Color change
	RSM	DTM	DIM	RSM	DTM	DIM
Total dermatophytic fungi	253	253	253	208	220	253
T. rubrum	41	41	41	29	33	41
T. mentagrophytes	40	40	40	31	36	40
T. tonsurance	34	34	34	29	29	34
T. soudanense	13	13	13	13	11	13
T. vaoundei	6	6	6	6	6	6
T. erinacei	5	5	5	3	4	5
M. audouinii	9	9	9	7	8	9
M. gypseum	14	14	14	14	11	14
M. ferrogenium	11	11	11	10	11	11
M. cookie	19	19	19	16	13	19
M. canis	16	16	16	13	16	16
M. persicolor	14	14	14	10	12	14
M. gallinae	7	7	7	7	7	7
M. racemosum	8	8	8	7	8	8
E. floccosum	16	16	16	13	15	16
Total nondermatophytic fungi	30	18	3	15	17	1
Total Candida sp.	16	10	3	11	9	1
Spore forming bacilli	5	4	0	1	4	0
Staphylococcus aureus	4	2	0	2	2	0
Escherichia coli	5	2	0	1	2	0